Discovery certificate for object 2018jul
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26263 [ 2018TNSTR1920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 14:55:59
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018jul
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dui
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:28:27.030 (292.112625) DEC = +19:12:21.56 (19.205989)
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 20:41:16.000 (JD=2458463.3619907)


Remarks: 0.4 mag rise on red source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 20:41:16.000
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-18 16:24:57
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018jul